Thursday, June 27, 2013

Dr Prashanth Kumar, working in a team from the University of New Mexico, won the CST University Publication Award in 2011 for work on an inhomogeneous lens for delivering electromagnetic pulses into living tissue effectively. (A prototype of the device is shown to the right).

Thursday, June 20, 2013

During a week of surprisingly perfect weather in Seattle, CST of America were at a particularly busy show – IMS 2013, the leading international symposium for microwave theory and practice. High traffic through the booth, a full presentation schedule and a very active demo station kept our staff occupied over the 3 exhibition days as we showcased electromagnetic (EM) simulation software tool, CST STUDIO SUITE®.

It was noticeable during the Q&A after our presentations and general booth conversations that engineers and their managers want more from their software tools than ever. So what are they looking out for? What I noticed is that companies are demanding more integrated software tools that fit seamlessly into existing workflows as well as being easy to use. However, it was clear that they needed EM simulation software that is both fast and accurate, without losing its depth of capability. What’s more is that the sheer range of applications mentioned by people visiting the booth was huge, ranging from antenna placement on large mining vehicles to exotic materials on aircrafts.

Wednesday, June 5, 2013

Product design cycles are tight, and there are many hurdles to be crossed between the concept and the final product. Simulation offers benefits throughout the design process, but to stay at the cutting edge, engineers, designers and researchers need their simulation results fast while still maintaining excellent accuracy. Performance is a combination of these two factors – speed and accuracy.

To make CST STUDIO SUITE® as useful as possible, we devote a substantial amount of development time to improving the performance of our products and optimizing the solver technology. Thanks to our co-operation with Intel®, our products can take full advantage of the power and speed of the latest generation processors. For more information about this, please see the Intel/CST solution profile.

Innovations such as the Perfect Boundary Approximation (PBA)®, the Thin Sheet Technique (TST)™ and True Geometry Adaptation enhance the efficiency of our flagship time domain and frequency solvers by improving their accuracy without compromising on speed. For models that are difficult to solve with these solvers, CST also have a range of other technologies which offer excellent performance for certain types of simulation. The asymptotic and integral equation solvers for example offer a practical approach for solving electrically large problems, such as antenna placement and RCS. High-Q structures, which are hard to simulate in the time domain because of how long they keep ringing, are much more efficiently calculated with the fast resonant solver.

Performance is not just about raw power, however. Usability also plays a key role in helping users achieve their goals, by streamlining the simulation workflow and allowing it to slot more easily into the product design process. To that end, we also work to ensure that CST STUDIO SUITE is very user-friendly. The Ribbon-based user interface guides the user through the simulation process, and the Project Wizard tool suggests the most suitable configuration and solver type for a fast, accurate simulation.

These three elements together – speed, accuracy and usability – are the basis of an effective workflow. Only when all three are available, without compromise, can a simulation be called high performance.

About CST

CST is a market leader in providing 3D electromagnetic (EM) field simulation tools through a global network of sales and support staff and representatives. CST develops CST STUDIO SUITE, a package of high-performance software for the simulation of EM fields in all frequency bands. Its growing success is based on a combination of leading edge technology, a user-friendly interface and knowledgeable support staff. CST solutions are used by market leaders in a diverse range of industries, including aerospace, automotive, defense, electronics, healthcare and telecommunications. CST is part of SIMULIA, a Dassault Systèmes brand. Further information about CST is available on the web at www.cst.com.